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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM RHEINER and L. H. WOLFF, of Detroit, in the county of l/Vayne, andAState of' Michigan, have invented a new and improved Device for Inserting Corks; and we 'do hereby declare thatthe following' is a full, clean-and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying din-wings,

making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a device for insertingr corks in barrels.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through this device.

Figures 3, 4, and 5 are views of'a device for inserting corks in bottles.

Similar letters of "reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved device, which is designed for inserting.`corks in bottles, barrels, and other vessels, and which consists essentially of a hollow cone with a plunger applied to it in such manner-,that the corks are compressed and inserted by the act of forcing thein through the cone, will be hereinafter' described. V

To enable others skilled in the art to understand our invention, we will describe its construction and operation.

In `the accompanying drawings, A represents the frustum of a hollow cone, which may be inade of any required size, and which is secured to a base-plate B, so that its smallest end projects a short distance below the bottom surface of said plate, as shown in g. 2. At the opposite end of the plate B two standards, a a, are secured which have a plate, C, riveted upon their upper ends and a curved lever, D, pivoted between them, as shown in iig. 1. A curved stern, 6, is secured at a suitable point to the lever D so as to enter centrally the cone A, and on the lower end of this stem a button or piston, b, is secured. It' desirable, the lever D may have a spring, c, applied between it and plate B for raising it when released.

The mode of using this device is to place it upon a barrel so that the smallest end of the cone, A, will be directly over the hole into Whichit is desired to insert a cork. The ball of the lei't hand is pressed upon the plate C 'so as to keep the instrument in place, and after dropping a cork into the cone, A, the piston is brought down upon the cork by pressure upon the lever D and the cork/ forced into the hole, as indicated in fig. 2. Instead of having the cone applied to a. plate, B, it may be enclosed in a circular handle, E, as represented in figs. 4 and 5. The lower end of this handle has a depression in it for receiving the mouth of a bottle, and the upper end of the handle has a cap, F, hinged to it, through the centre of which passes freely a rod, G, having' a piston-head, g, on one end, and a knob, g', on the other end. Between the cap F and the knob g an lndiaruhber cushion, L, is applied around the rod Gr. The cap F serves for holding the piston-rod and guiding it as it is forced downward upon the cork, and by having this cap hinged to the cone handle, as described, it can be turned back out cf the way when it is desired to insert a cork into the cone, A. It will. he seen that each one ofy the devices combine the conical guide for compressing the corks in the act of forcing them into a bottle sor a hole in a barrel with the piston or plunger for acting upon the corks.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination and 'arrangement of the base B, cone A, standard a, holder C, lever D, and plunger 6 b', in the manner and i'or the purpose described.

2. Hinging tlie top F to the part E, and fitting the plunger to said hinged part F, all in the manner shown and described.

' WM. RHEINER,

L. H. WOLFF.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH KUHN, JOHN GNAU. I 

